Conveying apparatus.



PATENTED APR. 9 1901' F. H. WOLEVER.

CONVEYING APPARATUS.

APPLIUATION FILED MAY13,.1906.

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i Y wP/Y i No. 850,107. PATENTBD APR. 9, 1907. F. H. WOLBVER.

CONVEYING APPARATUS.

APPLIUATION FILED MAY13,1906.

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UNITED STA ES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANKLIN n. WOL'EVER, or eilIEAGOJlLLINOIS, ASSIGNOR To LAMSON CONSOLIDA'J.ED STORE SERVICE COMPANY, OF NEWARK, NEWJERSEY, A CORPORATION or NEW JERSEY.

- CONVEYING APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 9, 1907.

Application filed May 13,1906. Serial No. 260,206.

To (116/ whrmy it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANKLIN H. l/VOL EVER, of Chicago, in the county-of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Conveyin Apiparatus, of which the following is a specilication..

This my invention relates to that class of traveling belt conveyersfor su porting and conveying loose articles, such as letters, parcels, or general merchandise; and it consists of a series of revolving endless sections so arranged, combined, and constructed as to convey ,the said articles from a main or sendim station and discharge or drop the same .rom any section through a hopper upon a'receiving shelf or table located under the said-section at the will of the operator. This is accomplished by providing an adjustable swinging gate loeated between each section and which may be operated by a device located at either the main or sending station or at each receiving-statiOnf Numerous other important features of my invention will be hereinafter described, and

-particularly pointed out in-the claims.

in the accompai'iying drawings, which,

illustrate a construction embodying my in vention, Figure 1 is a plan view ofthedevice. Fig. is a longitudinal section through the center ol Fig.1. Fig. 3 is an enlarged section showing, the discharging-gate and ho Fig. 4 shows a modification of t 1e parts shown in Fig. 5, showing a method of operating the gate. Fig. 5 shows a mod ification ol' the parts shown in Fig. 4. Fig. 6

' shows a modification of the means for driv-.

Fig. 2, andthe main table or sondingstation A is supported -by,the standards K and at a higher (llflVLtlUIl, than. the receiving-tables.

The convcyer liramo lJ is-supportcd above the tablcs-bythc standardsfl. 'lhc pulleys G and G, carrying thcendloss bolt (2, are journaled in the lraino ii, the bolt G being in running coutactwith the sides of the lframc L.

The pulleys Fa'od F carrying the endless the bed-plate A, fixed to the table A.

belt F, and the ulleys E and E, carrying the endless belt F aresimilarly journaled in the .said frame L. The pulleys G, F, and E being mounted higher than the pulleys G, F, and E cause the belts G, F, and E to run on an incline, and the spaces between the belts are Occupied-by the swin ing gates G and F. At the end of each be t and below the same'are the hoppers G, F, and E, opening over the receivlng-tables D, C, and B, respectively.

The hoppenAton the table A communicates with the belFE-and feeds the articles upon said belt.

The motor M is geared to and drives the longitudinal shaft M, whic l 1 shaft is to the pulleys G, F, andE*by the Jevel gears N and drives the belts G, F, and E. in the direction indicated by the arrows. The 7 adjustable swinging gate F (see Fig. 3) is mounted on a spindle F", mounted in-thc frame L and between the pulleys F and E.

A sprocket-wheel F is fixed to the spindle F, and the chain F fits over the teeth of said sprocket-wheel, and from the lower end of said chain F is suspended the weight F The other end of the chain F is connected by a wire F to the lever A, which is pivoted in The weight Fflacting on the gate F, holds the said gate F in an oblique position complctely lilling the space between the belts I) and F and at the same time holds the lever A in the position shown in Fig. 2.

The gate G is mounted on the spindle G", which spindle is mounted in the Frame ll betwecn the pulleys G and F. The sprocketwhccl (l is fixed to the end of the spindle l-"- outside the frame [1, and the chainG its ovcrthe sprocl ctwhool G, from the lower end ol which chain is suspended the weight G The wire P connects-tho other end of the chain G with the operatingdevcr A.

A modification of the device for o )erating thcgato isshown in Fig. 4, in which the chain f; mounted on the sprocket-whoolf, is controlled by the lover ui lixcd tothe sprockctwheels): The belt 1:, Fig. (i, connects the pulleys 'n and n, which are located outside the frame la. The pulleys ll actuate the pulleys F by means of said connwtion.

In the mmlilication shown in Fig. 7 the belt, and swinging means pulley E, carrying the bevel-gear n, drives articles discharged from said belt into a rethe pulley F carrying the bevel-gear n, b ceiver located thereunder. means of the shaft m, carrying the beve 2. In a conveyor, a framework, pulleys gears n and a, which intermesh with the gears n and n, respectively.

In the operation of the device the loose matter is taken from the table A and deposited in the hopper A, whence it drops upon the belt E and immediately commences to travel on the said belt in the direction indicated by the arrow. It the matter is consigned to the receiving-station B, the lever l A 'is pulled, which swings the gate F into the position indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 3, and the matter runs off the belt E and through the opening left liay the gate F thence through the hopper .1 and out upon mounted in said framework, a pluralit Y of endless belts" supported by said pul eys, means for driving said belts, means for feeding articles to said bl-ts, and means locate between and contiguous tosaid belts or feeding said articles from 'onefbelt to another, said swinging means adjustable to divert said articles from any one of said belts into a receiver located thereunder. 3. In; a conveyer, a i'ramework, pulleys mounted in said framework, a plurality of endless belts supported by said ulleys, means for driving said'belts said be ts running contiguous with the' side of said framework, means for feeding articles to said belts, and swinging means located between and contiguous to said belts for feeding said articles from one belt to another, said means adjustable. to divert said articles from any one of said belts" into a receiver located thereunder. 4'. In a conveyer,

mounted in said the table B. The lever A is then released and the weight F drops, throwing the gate F "back into its initial position. If the matter is consigned to the receiving-station C, the lever A ispulled, swinging the gate G into a similar position, as shown in dotted lines, Fig. ,3, and the matter fallsfrom the l belt E, slides down the close'dgate F onto the bcltF, and thence through the opening a framework, pulleys framework, a plurality of made by the gate Gr through the hopper F endless belts supported by said pulleys, and out upon the table C. The lever is then -means for driving said belts said be ts runreleased and the gate G assumes its initial with ning contiguous position, as heretofore described, closingthe work, means opening between the belts F and G. It -neither of the levers are operated, the loose thereunder.

the side of said raineior feeding articles to said belts, and pivo'ted means located between and contiguous to, said belts for -feeding said articlesfrom one belt to another, said means adjustable to divert said articles from any one "of said belts into whereof I have signed my n the presence of this day of= matter runs off the belt G through the hop-- per G and out upon the table D. Having thus described the nature of my i invention and set 'forth a construction em- 1 bodying thesame, what I claim asn'ew, and In testimony desire to secure by Letters Patent of'the zname to-this specificatidn, United States, is- 1 two subscribing witnesses,

' 1. In a conveyor, a framework, pulleys May, A.D, 1905. I v mounted in said framework, an endless belt FRANKLIN H. WOLEVER. supported by said pulleys, means for driving VVitnessesz' said belt, meansfor feeding articles'to said I CLEMENT E. TrioMrsoN, I

{or diverting said LORENZ P. WOLF.

a receiver located. 

